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Michael Steele to Attend RNC Debate
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyMichael Steele says he will debate the five candidates seeking to unseat him as head of the Republican National Committee after all. The Daily Caller, which will co-sponsor the Jan. 3 showdown, confirmed Steele's attendance Tuesday. His rivals committed to the debate weeks ago but it was widely expected that Steele would skip it, opting instead to defend his leadership in private meetings with RNC members. Earlier this month, Steele announced his intention to seek a second term, despite complaints about his fundraising shortcomings, alleged mismanagement of the national committee, and ...
Rand Paul Will Debate Jack Conway Again After All
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyAfter threatening to withdraw, Rand Paul now says he will attend the final debate in his tense Senate race against Democrat Jack Conway in Kentucky. The Republican had said he considered backing out of the showdown to protest Conway's continued focus on a woman's claims that Paul was part of a "secret society" that "mocked Christianity" during his college days. But Paul, a tea party favorite, said Friday that he decided to go forward with the debate to give voters a chance to see the contrasts between the two candidates, Politico reported. "While I do not respect Mr. Conway's inappropriate ...
Christine O'Donnell's Debate Performance Draws Semi-Positive Reviews
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Oct. 14) -- Christine O'Donnell and Chris Coons -- also respectively known to each other as "The Witch" and "The Bearded Marxist" -- faced off Wednesday night in a nationally televised debate more captivating for its entertainment value than as a tight political race. Although Coons carried in a sizable lead over tea party favorite O'Donnell in the polls -- ahead 19 points according to a CNN/Time poll released the day of the debate -- the showdown still provided its share of memorable moments. Just in case you are still getting up to speed on the highlights, here are some of the more ...
Announcing! The Truthiness Debates
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Arizona Governor Jan Brewer: Nobody Does It Better
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Brewer's Gaffe Puts Her in Special Debate Club
By not in system - AOL NewsArizona Gov. Jan Brewer's long and awkward pause in her gubernatorial debate was the talk of political junkies this week. Why she froze was anybody's guess. The governor compounded her problems by preceding her uncomfortable interlude with an inaccurate claim (that she balanced the state's budget) and by following it with an ungrammatical sentence: "We have did what was right for Arizona." ...
Jan Brewer's Bad Night Conjures Up Other Memorable Debate Moments
By Carl M. Cannon - Politics DailyArizona Gov. Jan Brewer's long and awkward pause in her gubernatorial debate was the talk of political junkies this week. Why she froze was anybody's guess. The governor compounded her problems by preceding her uncomfortable interlude with an inaccurate claim (that she balanced the state's budget) and by following it with an ungrammatical sentence: "We have did what was right for Arizona." The governor's lapse immediately took its place in the pantheon of memorable moments in political debates, a category full of gaffes, one-liners, whoppers, ill-advised gestures, zingers, and the occasional ...
Did This Woman Just Solve the Ansel Adams Mystery?
By Carl Franzen - AOL News(July 29) -- Is Uncle Earl the next Ansel Adams? According to one resident of Oakland, Calif., the answer is yes. After two days of debate over a newly surfaced collection of 65 photographic negatives attributed to the legendary environmental photographer -- a cache said to be worth a cool $200 million, if genuine -- Miriam I. Walton has come forward with evidence that the images were actually taken by her not-quite-so-legendary late relative, Earl Brooks. Eric Paul Zamora, Fresno Bee / MCT Rick Norsigian holds up two images. On the left is a historically documented photo by Ansel Adams of ...
Dozens Arrested at Protests of Arizona Immigration Law
By not in system - AOL NewsPHOENIX (July 29) -- Opponents of Arizona's immigration crackdown went ahead with protests Thursday despite a judge's ruling that delayed enforcement of most of the law, and about 50 people in Phoenix were arrested after peacefully confronting officers in riot gear. Gov. Jan Brewer called U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton's Wednesday's decision halting the law "a bump in the road," and her spokesman said they'd appeal to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco later Thursday. Outside the state Capitol, hundreds of protesters began marching at dawn, gathering in front of the ...
Champion Debate Team Rejects City's Verdict
By Dana Chivvis - AOL NewsPart 2 of a four-part series about a small academy at the center of a national battle over the direction of public education in America NEW YORK (June 22) -- New York City's Metropolitan Corporate Academy, a small public high school in Brooklyn, doesn't have any sports teams because it doesn't have the money for them, let alone somewhere for them to practice. The school's principal, Lennel George, tries to make up for this by investing in other extracurricular activities to give kids another reason to stay in school. One of those activities is the school's debate team, one of the best in ...
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